327
In 1912 fireproof building hold film stock was erected outside the east wall of
the building.
328 Photograph Album 10, catalog 5209, 112 (this album originally belonged Miller Reese Hutchison);
see also National Park Service, "Historic Structures Report-Part Small Storage Vault, Building No. Greene). Close was room occupied Dr. This department was enlarged 1914 handle
the overflow photographic work from the rooms the third floor of
Building 5.323 This darkroom was either the front room
on the west side one the experimental rooms along the east side the
main room. was described Hutchison "fireproofvault for school film"
and was made poured concrete.
325 Donald Bliss W.
328 Historian’s Note 128, which contains recollections Paul Kasakove, "Electroplating Process for Disc
Record Moulds. After 1914 it
was still referred "Greene’s room," and these offices were collectively known
as the photographic department. Greene, May 10,1912 (in 1912, Motion Pictures-Kinetograph). Greene for photographic
experiments from 1910 1914 (see for more W. The interior the
93
. 1912 "electrical repair room," which was
probably this building, was dismantled make way for educational films.1911 darkroom was installed Building may have contained facilities to
make prints motion pictures. now known Vault 8.326
It could have been the space the south end the main room which Selden
Warner worked. 3-4.
The beginning the Edison educational films project, under the direction of
Walter Dinwiddie, brought more changes Building more space was devoted
to photographic work and filming.
3M MRH TAE, January 12, 1914 (in 1914, WOL--Photographic Department).324
323 Shop Order 3612 (1911), Notebook N-09-01-29. 8,"
prepared Melvin Weig, Arthur Spiegler, and Norman Souder, 1965, pp.E.328
Building Period III: 1915-1931
During this period Building was again general experimental and office area
that handled the overflow from other experimental facilities.326 The foundry pictured figure for which reliable date
has been established.
A foundry was erected "in the rear" this building produce copper for disc
master plating. Based 1912 photographic evidence, the foundry was
likely constructed after 1912 and sometime the late 1910s early 1920s."
327 Information obtained from Edison NHS Cultural Landscape Report (draft, August 1993).C
